Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:04:06 05/15/00
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On May 15, 2000 at 19:49:51, Marc Plum wrote: >On May 15, 2000 at 14:53:21, blass uri wrote: > >(snip) > >>I think that in this case tiviakov could do a simple draw by repetition if he >>wanted a draw. >> >>I guess that another reason is that the operator(I read that the operator is >>also the programmer) did not want to win on time. >> >>Fritz had good chances to win in the first game because the opponent was in time >>trouble but unfortunately the operator did not do it. >> >>I read a claim that the operator is an honest guy but I do not think that >>playing in eqaul position when the opponent is in time trouble is something that >>is not honest. >> >>I think that Fritz is unlucky to have the programmer as the operator. >> >>Uri > >The operator in this situation has to be something of a diplomat as well. It is >not the fault of Fritz or its programmers that two humans have decided to resign >without a fight. If Fritz ends up winning this tournament, though, then that >fact will be used to criticize its performance. Perhaps the operator wants to >avoid giving any further excuse for criticism, thus the generosity in allowing >draws in time trouble. If he had played for the win on time, I would not >criticize it, but many would. > >Certainly, if sudden death time controls are being used, one has to accept the >possibility of a player going for the win on time regardless of the position. >This is an argument for the use of increments. > >If one has a clearly superior position against a computer, but not enough time, >my experience is that it is nearly always possible to repeat one's moves and get >the computer to do the same, as it does not take the clock into account. >Unfortunately for me, I rarely have such a big advantage against good computers. > >By the way, it is still not too late for van der Sterren to change his mind and >play Fritz. I would like to see him swallow his pride and do so. > >Marc He probably doesn't like to deal with this issue. In 1985 or early 1986 we had a match of 4 comps (board 1 = deep thought, board 2 = cray blitz, board 3 = hitech and board 4 = Nuchess I think) vs 4 humans on some Dutch radio network. I don't remember the results, other than Cray Blitz played (and beat) Van Der Sterren. Quite a bit of press from that event. I believe Deep Thought lost, and HiTech Drew. He seemed to not particularly like playing computers, even back then...
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